In August of this year, Frank Romano stopped by the Virgin Wood Type shop because he was surprised to learn about the revival of wood type manufacturing. Romano is world-famous in the printing and publishing industries for his vast knowledge, unmatched ability to talk about both in a way that ...
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Being in the business of manufacturing wood type, one must always be on the lookout for a font that would be cool in wood. When Bill and Geri bought the assets of American Wood Type in the fall of 2009, they bought the rights to many classics, Shadow, Gill Sans, ...
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This whole social media thing might take off. While visiting family in southeast Ohio, I posted to my personal Instagram account a photo of the word “OHIO” printed over a faux wood grain on a cigar box. Out of nowhere came an invitation in my Instagram comments to visit the ...
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On a recent sleepy, summer Sunday, my wife and I visited with Scott Moore of Moore Wood Type in Columbus, Ohio. It was only fitting that I needed to take the Hamilton Road exit on the freeway to get to Scott’s house. Scott became a student of all things Hamilton ...
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The marking of days in some form goes back millennia. Anthropologists have uncovered remains of ancient calendars all over the world. Famous American sci-fi TV series, “Star Trek,” employed a fictional system of measuring days called “Stardate.”
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Last week we proudly launched wood type streamers, which is a collaboration with David Wolske. Starting in July 2010, before Virgin Wood Type (VWT) was born, Bill Jones had established an email friendship with David because of David’s Letterpress Daily blog. The two exchanged email about wood type, typography, and ...
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Last weekend Geri Instagrammed a photo of the drying rack at the Printing and Book Arts Center at the Genesee Center for the Arts and Education (that's a mouthful). Reaction was over the moon! I think the outpouring of love was based on the simple fact that the heart of ...
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Here at Virgin Wood Type (VWT) world headquarters, every dawn springs with the potential of finding a gem passed over or forgotten. For instance, in November while looking through a box of shapes from American Wood Type (AWT) Geri came across some beat up arrows. One was curved, and the ...
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